#543: Why We Are Drowning Servers in OIL
20 February 2026

#543: Why We Are Drowning Servers in OIL

David Bombal

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Data centers are wasting 70% of their power. Discover how Immersion Cooling and Fault-Managed Power (Class 4) are solving the AI energy crisis in 2025. In this video, we explore why we are drowning servers in oil and the new skills network engineers need to learn.


Big thank you to Cisco for sponsoring this video and sponsoring my trip to the Cisco Partner Summit San Diego 2025


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0:00 - Coming up

0:47 - Addressing water and power usage in data centers

03:17 - Fault managed power explained

05:45 - Saving energy in data centers // Immersion cooling

10:22 - Addressing noise issues from data centers

11:56 - The cons of a data center

13:36 - Optimizing data centers

14:37 - Advice for the young generation

17:23 - More data centers and more jobs

18:50 - Sustainability for data centers

20:57 - Conclusion


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